SIMPSON WITNESS SAW CLEAN SCENE

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A defense witness who says he and a date walked past Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium minutes after prosecutors believe she and a friend were slain testified Tuesday he didn't see any blood or bodies. Danny Mandel, a Sony Pictures finance department worker, also said he didn't hear any dogs barking. Mandel estimated he was in front of Nicole Simpson's condominium shortly before 10:30 p.m. June 12, 1994. Prosecutors placed the murders at about 10:15 p.m., based on dog howls heard by neighbors. The defense says the murders took place later, when O.J. Simpson had an alibi. "When you walked by that area, did you notice anything unusual?" defense attorney Robert Shapiro asked. "No," Mandel answered. "Did you hear anything unusual?" "No." Under a sharp cross-examination by prosecutor Marcia Clark, Mandel acknowledged he wasn't looking closely at every house he passed.